Where does “body” come from?

body (Dutch) comes from English body, from Middle English body, from Old English bodiġ, from Proto-West Germanic bodag, from Proto-Turkic *boda-.

body (Dutch): A leotard; Body, substance

Definitions

  1. A leotard; Body, substance

Ancestry of “body”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbodyPhysical frame; Main section; Coherent group
2Middle Englishbody—
3Old Englishbodiġstature
4Proto-West Germanicbodagbody, trunk, corpse
5Proto-Turkic*boda-—
Every word from Proto-Turkic *boda- →Every word from Proto-West Germanic bodag →Every word from Old English bodiġ →